Anja Gurres

Directing

Anja Gurres

Born October 29, 1994 · Kaiserslautern, Germany (age 31)

Anja Gurres started making short films at the age of 17 in school. From 2014 she studied directing for fictional film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. In the summer semester 2018 she visited the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires for one semester. In 2020 she finished her studies with the diploma short film "The Glare".

Known For

BalconiesBalconies · 2022
Balconies
2022
MovieComedyDrama
The balcony as a stage for the absurdities of everyday life: In six episodes, different people find themselves on their balconies in Hamburg – in both tragic and comical situations.
Kommissar Dupin – Bretonische SehnsuchtKommissar Dupin – Bretonische Sehnsucht · 2026
Kommissar Dupin – Bretonische Sehnsucht
★ 7.52026
MovieTV MovieCrime
Inspector Dupin finds himself entangled in several mysteries at once: the discovery of a corpse on a remote Atlantic island, the mystery surrounding a Celtic musical instrument, and the search for the true cause of a tragedy.
The GlareThe Glare · 2021
The Glare
★ 7.02021
MovieDramaThriller
A 15-year-old mute girl, suspected of having been raped, is placed in a shelter. But is she really the helpless teenager everyone sees in her ?
Give Me a SmileGive Me a Smile · 2019
Give Me a Smile
★ 2.02019
MovieDrama
For the first time since her husband's death, Ute visits their former FKK-club. Curiously she enters this familiar place and immediately receives a warm welcome. However, she painfully has to realise that in the eyes of her old friends she primarily has become the widow. Unintentionally she finds herself involved in a group game in which you have to make your teammates laugh by saying one simple sentence.
Get AwayGet Away · 2016
Get Away
2016
Movie
The two teenagers Melek and Fabio couldn't be any more different. But they have one thing in common that brings them together: Both want to get away from home. Fabio because he is gay and Melek because her Turkish parents limit her dreams. Together they learn to face their problems. A film about understanding, being gay and migration.
Bubble Gummed GirlBubble Gummed Girl · 2018
Bubble Gummed Girl
2018
MovieDrama
Emma is addicted to chewing gum and in the middle of puberty, but doesn't really want to admit it. She doesn't want to do anything with her sandpit friend Lasse other than swinging, playing with her father's railroad world and chewing gum - nothing should change. But Lasse suddenly has a girlfriend and, even worse, he's also interested in sex.

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